Legislative Council Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Burnside City Council BURNSIDE CITY COUNCIL The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council BURNSIDE CITY COUNCIL The Hon. S.G. WADE (15:20): By way of supplementary question, in relation to the CEO's contract, if the minister does not have a view on Burnside council's six-week delay in responding to the Office of State/Local Government Relations' concerns conveyed on 11 September, how long will the office and the minister wait? The Hon. G.E. GAGO Legislative Council Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy BURNSIDE CITY COUNCIL The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) (15:20): I have already put all these matters on the record. Clearly stated on the record are the events around any issues raised in relation to the CEO's appointment. The questions were raised and the council provided an opinion in relation to its legal advice that there was no impediment to the CEO's appointment. That legal advice has been passed back to the investigator, who has not raised any other concerns in relation to that position. I wait for the final report of the investigator. Under the act I am required to receive a report before, if appropriate, I can take further action. I will wait for that. As I have said time and again, I am absolutely confident that, if the investigator had any other matters of concern which he believed needed to be addressed prior to the outcome of this investigation, he would inform me immediately.